Hair-blowing device



July 19, 1955 A. J. KAMATARIS 2,713,627

HAIR-BLOWING DEVICE Filed June 24, 1952 INVENTOR. ANASTASIOS a. KAMATARIS.

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United States Patent Ofifice 2,713,627

Patented July 19, 1955 The housing 10 extends forwardly in cylindrical form t 28, being open and forming a cup-shaped member 2,713,627 free end, this shaft is provided with a fan 32 so designed as WIN 5 to take advantage of the full power output of the motor.

HAIR BLO G DEVICE Around the periphery of the cup-shaped member, there Anastasios J. Kamataris, Clinton, Mass. is provided a series of holes 34, the air being drawn into these holes into the cup-shaped member by the rotation Apphcanon June 1952 Sana! 295324 of the fan, thus creating a draft thereon forwardly in the 2 Claims. (Cl. 219-39) direction of the arrow 36.

The open cup-shaped member may be closed by a nozzle generally indicated at 38, and having a rim 40 for This invention relates to a new and improved hair- At the opposite end, the nozzle has a reduced nozzle tip blowing device, and the principal object of the present or the like 42 out through which a blast of air is forced by invention resides in the provision of a device which is the fan as will be apparent. small enough to be easily handled in one hand by the A heater coil, generally indicate at may lso be operator, such as a barber, and to fit into the pocket of applied, either in the nozzle 38 or in the cup-shaped the barber so that he may hold the device handily in his member, and this coil will be appropriately wired to be pocket while working, the blower being such that it is C ntr ll y a thumb-Switch The wiring is Such easily held in and extracted from the pocket and a switch h t th thum -swltoh is movable in either of two direcflipper thereon to start the motor and blow out hall from moms and has a neutral, or current interrupting position the neck and possibly also the face and clothes of the When the switch is pushed in one direction, it energizes person in the barber chair. both the motor and the coil, but when it is retracted to Sanitary rules in barber shops and eve statutory reits full extent in the opposite direction, it energizes only quirements in some states provide against the use of any the motor, 80 either a Warm a cold blast of air is p kind of powder-puff, duster, brush, or any other means videdfor this purpose where such means would be used on If it is desired to provide a greater blast of air, the

used but only where each one is fresh for each customer nlarged in diameter and a fan correspondingly inand this proves both a financial burden and an operative creased in diameter. burden upon the barber, so that it is impractical to re- Having thus described my invention and the advanmove the cut hair, etc., by this means. It is an object g 5 thereof, I do not wish to be limited to the details of the present invention to obviate the above difliculties herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, and to provide a small but relatively powerful device but whatI claim is:

the customers person in anyway. not m use, an electrical motor in the housing, a cord for Other objects and advantages of the invention will the motor, an open cup-shaped member at one end of appear hereinafter. the housing and connected thereto, a reduced nozzle on Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, the member, a fan in the member driven by the motor in which: and blowing air through the nozzle when the motor is Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view of a device according energized, the nozzle being capable of being applied to my invention; and directly to the neck of the barbers customer by one- Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the head end only handed manipulation on the part of the barber to blow of a modification. hair from the customers neck without the use of brushes I provide first a housing of preferably cylindrical form or towels and leaving the barbers other hand free to indicated by the numeral 10 and having a circumference comb, etc., and the motor and fan being sufficiently of about four inches and a length of about six inches, so powerful to provide a high speed blast of air to blow that the entire device will fit handily in the operators away the loose and cut hair.

pocket. This housing contains a motor 12 wired in the 2. The barbers hair blowing device of claim 1 includusual manner as at 14 and having a commutator brush ing a heating element to heat the hair to dry the scalp of such as are used in small motors of this type, indicated the customer.

wall 18 and at the other end in a wall 20. There may References Cited in the file of this patent be a cooling fan indicated at 22. One end of. the hous- UNITED STATES PATENTS ing may be closed as by a cap 24 having holes in it for 1 366 519 Carmean et a]. Jam 25 1921 he intake of the cooling air and holes may be provided Weiss Sept 16, 9

near he opposite end of the housing at 26 for the egress 1,640,380 Bushnell Aug 30, 1927 of the motor coolmg 2,049,812 Loacker Aug. 4, 1936 So far as above descnbed, the device is well known 2,420,732 Bichsel et a1 May 20, 1947 FOREIGN PATENTS parent hereinafter. 550,328 France Dec. 11, 1922 

